A Portal for Students and Teachers
Wabanaki Studies
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American Indian vs. Native American
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Least Tern - Wabanaki Studies
My own resource pages, including my lessons
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Mainely Stereotypes
collaborative map locating stereotypical signs, displays, etc.
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U&D - Implementing LD291
join Mrs.Mac in blogging Wabanaki Studies
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Wabanaki Connections
Blog maintained by Joseph Charnley, leader of the Native Studies Committee
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Walking Through Time
Teaching activities about the Natives and the fur trade; prepared for Fort William Historical Park (Ontario) but also good for M
Stereotypes & Stereotyping - Maine Focus
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Indian Stereotypes
Lessons and resources for middle school
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Take a Stance: a Physical Spectrum
Lesson 9.3 - considers stereotypes of Maine and Mainers
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The Penobscot Land Transfer of 1833
download this primary document-based lesson that exposes early stereotypes - scroll down to find it
Wabanaki Technologies & Garden Project
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About Sweetgrass Braiding
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Gardening to Preserve Maine's Landscape
use online or download the .pdf - covers invasive species and recommended species
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Native Plant Recommendations
by common name - also available by scientific name
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Native Plants: A Maine Source List
guide to nurseries - use online or download a .pdf of the guide
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Plants for a Future
Edible, medicinal, technological uses
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Tree Leaf Key
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Winter Tree Identification
easy to use on-line classification
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USDA Plants Database
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Johnny's Selected Seeds
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YardScaping: Maine Plants
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Gardening to Conserve Maine's Landscape
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Native Tech - Plants Gather in the Northeast
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Foraging Plants
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Virginia Tech Weed ID Guide
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Field Guide to Noxious Weeds - British Columbia
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Northern Ontario Wildflowers
Mrs. Mac's Sites
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FMS Faculty Site
links to HW calendar, blogs, more
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Least Tern
essays, workshop descriptions, Wabanaki Studies, lessons, technology integration
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Maine as WE see it
collaborative map showing community photographs
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U&D - Implementing LD291
Mrs.Mac blogs Wabanaki Studies too
Web 2.0
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Bit by Bit
Maine teacher Bob Sprankle blogs about Web 2.0 in the classroom
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Bloglines
the way I organize, view and share my RSS feeds - includes podcasts
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bubbl.us - free online interactive brainstorming tool
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Class Blogmeister - free blogging tool for teachers only
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Classroom 2.o - social networking for educators
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coComment
track your blog comments - this is a powerful resource for you as an contributor to the global world -
Community Walk
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Edublogger
THE place for teachers to learn to use Edublog in the classroom - also information on new Web 2.0 tools students might know abou
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Edublogs
My choice for a free educational blogspace - safe, private, easily administered
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Eduisland - a Second Life community for educators
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EPN - Education Podcast Network
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Exhibit
from MIT - display data sets visually!
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First Day of Kindergarten
look in the blog for links to new online tools for media rich production, plus ideas for using them in the class
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Flickr
free photo-sharing - but see the next link for more
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Flickr Add-ons
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Goggle Earth extensions
build a house for your map and MORE!
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iEARN Global Student Projects
link your classroom to others in a meaningful investigation
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Infinite Thinking Machine
learn about Open Source as well as Web 2.0 apps - great way to stretch a tech budget!
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Intel Teaching Tools - interactive tools for collaboration, inquiry and decision making
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Least Tern Prioritizer
use this online tool for collaborative decision-making
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Mobile Technology in TAFE
want to know the possibilities? This is a great place to start - but set aside lots of time
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PBwiki - fee wiki account for education
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School Computing
in WIKI format, articles and resources about Web 2.0 in the classroom - topically organized
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Second Life - a virtual community
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Tangler
free online discussion forums
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Teacher Tube
free space for teachers to upload - and view - instructional video
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techLEARNING | Technology & Learning
online version of magazine for 21st Century teaching
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The Edublogger
best of the support blogs for edublogs.org
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Twitter - What are YOU doing?
Media Literacy - media to see and hear
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American Rhetoric
text - audio - visual of speeches, figurative language, more
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Apple Student Gallery
selected photgraphs and videos
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Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
archive of political cartoons! click on the search link to get tons more
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Did You Know ...
a peek into the future
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Flickr
photographs, most allowing you to use them - can be gathered into a slideshow and used in eduBlogs
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Pics4Learning
copyright OK images - not blocked
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Picsearch
picture search - may be blocked
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Wikimedia Commons
images, music, video OK if you cite the source
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Newseum - Today's Headlines
Literacy Resources
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Jill Spencer's portaportal
Literacy resources covering all aspects of the teaching and study - for Maine teachers
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LibriVox
download poems and literature in multiple formats
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Lit2Go
download public domain titles in .mp3
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Maine Learning Results - 2007
download here the English Language Arts standards
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MEA Released Items
download in .pdf form
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OWL at Purdue
writing, grammar and much more, including exercises and quizzes
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The Web English Teacher
links to best resources for most Literacy topics, including Persuasion
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Top 20 Grammar Errors
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Universal Elements of Reading
Web-based NoteShare notebook from Jill Spencer of MLTI - stategies and resources
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Reading Strategies Portaportal
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Food Force
interactive games from the UN: solve the Myanmar food crisis
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Asking Good Questions
Invaluable Teaching Resources
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Educating the Net Generation
online book - download it for viewing on your own computer
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Growing Up Online
archive of the multi-part video series, including extending resources
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Hotchalk - NBC Video Archive
searchable archive - especially good for current news - free registration
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MARVEL!
Maine's online databases, including Maine Newsstand, Proquest, encyclopedias
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Project Design - terrific overview of project based units
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Zamzar
Have a YouTube video you want to capture? a sound file to convert?
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Tech-Ease
straightforward how-tos for the classroom and teacher
Citation Helpers
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Citation Builder
select MLA
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Citation Machine
select MLA
Lessons and Activities
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TrackStar
links and resources collected by topic - made by teachers
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New York Times Learning Network
lessons and extension activities all connected to NYT articles
Online Planners and Organizers
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Persuasion Map
Online planner for 5-paragraph persuasive essay
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Essay Punch
Online interactive writing tutorial that guides students through finding and expanding arguments
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Outline Maker
Use this interactive site for developing a writing plan for any essay
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Kids' Vid - online storyboarding tool
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Read Write Think Webbing Tool
Create and print a web online
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bubbl.us
collaborative online mapper - students need email accounts to register
Other Tools for Teaching
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Crossword Puzzle Maker
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Booklet Creator Online
convert a .pdf file so that it can be printed as a booklt
Maine Studies for Independent Project
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Down East Magazine Archive
print copies are in the library - here is the archive - or use the Search
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InfoCenter: FMS Library and Freeport Library
Be sure to ALSO remember the Maine collections in both libraries!
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Maine.gov
you can find information, contacts, and reports at Maine's official site
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MARVEL!
You MUST use Maine Newsstand.
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MPBN Audio Archive
listen to news stories - search by topic
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Overview
There is a vast set of resources online and in print. Some of the GO TO sources are listed below.
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Town of Freeport
official documents, laws, contacts
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Windows on Maine
include the Videos on Demand in your research
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Yankee Magazine Archive
back to 2006 only - good for music and cultural articles
Information Literacy - Research Process
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Also check the Online Tools for Writing
These are listed in the Online Planners section of Invaluable Teaching Resources
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Bibme
citations online - will build a bibliography
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Citation Machine
online citation tool - use MLA
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Dictionary, Schmictionary
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Internet Search Challenge
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Online Prioritizer
use this tool to put your brainstormed subtopics in order
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The Big 6 Process
Persuasion and Propaganda - Middle School
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Day of Infamy Speech (Roosevelt)
Real Audio recording and transcript
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FactCheck
From the Annenberg Foundation - tools for teaching students to be active listeners and critical viewers
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Mr. Donn's Propaganda Techniques
a bit hard to follow, but packed with examples and analysis
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Propaganda Webquest
8th graders can complete this thought-provoking look at propaganda tools
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Posters and Signs
mostly 20th century, global
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Spoof Ads - from Adbusters
images that make students laugh and think at the same time
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Ad Council: Historic PS Campaigns
describes campaign, newer ones include PSA or advertisement
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Finding Faulty Logic
simplified interactive lesson that also requires students to read critically
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Movie Speeches
from the American Rhetoric site - clips
FUN for students
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AHA! (mostly verbal) Puzzles
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Are you kidding, Mrs. Mac?
I know that these are not really FUN, but this is school, after all
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Brain Teasers
pick the 7/8 puzzles
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Brain Teasers (more)
30 or so to do in your spare time
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Conceptis Puzzles
sudoku, slitherlink and MUCH more
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Daily Crossword Puzzle
do online
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Jigsaw Puzzles
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NYTimes Online Crossword
learn as you complete the puzzle by following the links provided
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Puzzlers Paradise
interactive logic puzzles
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Sketchcast
hand-draw a cartoon, little movie, etc. and record your own commentary - great tool for projects
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Thats a Fact
math facts for those who want to improve
Other Tools for Teaching